Hypnosis for Enuresis (Bed-Wetting) in Phoenix Arizona

 

What is enuresis?

 

Enuresis (say "en-yur-ee-sis") is the medical term for bed-wetting during sleep. Bed-wetting is fairly common. About 5 million to 7 million children wet the bed. It's more common among boys than girls.

 

What causes bed-wetting?

 

Some of the causes of bed-wetting include the following:

 

•  Genetic factors (it tends to run in families)

•  Difficulties waking up from sleep

•  Slower than normal development of the central nervous system--this reduces the child's ability to stop the bladder from emptying at night

•  Hormonal factors (not enough antidiuretic hormone--this hormone reduces the amount of urine made by the kidneys)

•  Urinary tract infections

•  Abnormalities in the urethral valves in boys or in the ureter in girls or boys

•  Abnormalities in the spinal cord

•  Inability to hold urine for a long time because of small bladder

Bed-wetting isn't caused by drinking too much before bedtime. It's not a mental or behavior problem. It doesn't happen because the child is too lazy to get out of bed to go to the bathroom. And children do not wet the bed on purpose or to irritate their parents.

 

 

When do most children achieve bladder control?

 

Children achieve bladder control at different ages. By the age of 5 years, most children no longer urinate in their sleep. Bed-wetting up to the age of 5 is not unusual, even though it may be frustrating to parents. Treating a child for bed-wetting before the age of 5 is not necessary and may even be harmful to the child.

 

 

How does Hypnotherapy help

 

Hypnotherapy is not based on conditioning therapy. It involves the explanation of the bladder-brain connection and teaching self-hypnosis and visual imaging to the child in responding to a full bladder during sleep. One controlled study comparing hypnotherapy with imipramine reported a 76% dryness rate after initiating both types of therapy. After 9 months, 68% of the hypnotherapy group remained dry in comparison to only 24% in the imipramine group (Banerjee et al., 1993). If clinicians are interested in this form of treatment, they must be trained and certified by the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis (Moffatt, 1997).

 

 

What are the treatments for bed-wetting?

 

Hypnosis is an effective way to reprogram the brain bladder connection. Children are ultra sensitive to suggestion, and even more so during the hypnotic state.

 

•  Session to control the brain bladder connection

•  Re-programming existing pattersns

•  On-Going Hypnotic Suggestion of a Dry Bed in the morning

•  Bladder training through hypnotic suggestion: training the childs subconscious to hold onto water longer or to wake them up.

 

 

How can I help my child not feel so bad about wetting the bed?

 

Bed-wetting can lead to behavior problems because of the guilt and embarrassment a child feels. It's true that your child should take responsibility for bed-wetting (this could mean having your child help with the laundry). But your child shouldn't be made to feel guilty about something he or she can't control. It's important for your child to know that bed-wetting isn't his or her "fault." Punishing your child for wetting the bed will not solve the problem.

It may help your child to know that no one knows the exact cause of bed-wetting. Explain that it tends to run in families (for example, if you wet the bed as a child, you should share that information with your child).

 

 

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